Businessmen plead harassment, DISS shields identity

Thursday, January 15, 2009

FRANCISTOWN: The Attorney General wants the case in which two expatriate businessmen have taken the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Service (DISS) to court to be held in camera.

The applicants, Jamal and Abdille Mohammed Ali, want to have their confiscated passports returned. They also want the High Court to restrain DISS operatives from harassing them and frequenting their place of business.

The matter was supposed to be heard at 09:30 hours by Acting Justice Terrence Rannowane but the principal state counsel, David Moloise, informed the applicants' attorney, Morgan Moseki of MCM Moseki Attorneys, that they preferred the matter to be heard in camera.

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Businessmen plead harassment, DISS shields identity

FRANCISTOWN: The Attorney General wants the case in which two expatriate businessmen have taken the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Service (DISS) to court to be held in camera.